Well it's been one of those days you only get occasionally in life, Happy was I sitting there sticking bits of plastic card together when my eldest Son mooched in as usual, you know the thing, Creeping Jesus all the woes of the world on his young shoulders but today his burden seemed more than he could carry alone, at least from his car to my desk that is because with a resounding thud more than a foot high pile of magazines landed, 'The rest is in me boot, git em if ya wants em.' he muttered and sloped off.
He's done this before mind you but in the past it has been utter garbage he cannot be bothered to take to the trash can and recycle so I'm now faced with this dusty pile and wondering how much more he has stashed away 'In me boot.'.
Five minutes later saw me racing outside to find out and sure enough 'is boot' was stacked high with books and chronicles a rare gold mine of treasures, what led me to react this way, Well I only got hold of the top few magazines from the pile on the desk, 'Model Railways Constructor', January through to December 1959, Cost price at the time, 1s 9d, today's price to me at least, priceless.
Books by the dozen from that era, all in mint condition and what appears to be a full series from David Kline, former Dept head of BBC model and special effects, going the take me weeks to go through this lot, were did he obtain them from, seems one of his chums had been given them by an elderly relative but seeing no value in them passed them on to the next willing chump that would move them for him I guess.
Anyone for a 'Britannia' In BR Green livery For £6 2s 6d of a Class V in Green or Black for £5 15s 6d. Post inclusive, Both with 6 months free servicing.......I wish.
It's amazing what the kids bring home isn't it (and no, I'm not talking about 'significant others'; another story). I've been the recipient of similar 'largess' over the years (including a very special brick [literally; a long story]) ; from ones who would never give you the time of day should you ever pass-by when walking down the High Street.
It seems that they actually DO care about us but will never say 'cos that would be soooo uncool... :)
(Great story BTW; enjoy the experience :) )
All I get from my son are slobber-covered Duplo-style blocks and various other items. Mind you he is only 16 months old and seems to think I am the Coolest Person in the Universe. Don't suppose that will last for ever though ;)
Don't knock the Duplo blocks.... one of our members recently used them as tunnel supports!
See, now I betcha can't wait for him to grow out of them :D
I have buckets full of them, by the way :-[
Unfortunately it seems my son wishes the blocks to be returned to him ASAP as they have not completed the necessary course of saliva treatment.
Just goes to show from the OP that kids can be useful for something, rather than just emptying the Bank of Mum & Dad ::)
I don't think kids are useful for very much except for using up mum's and dad's resources, causing a great deal of anxiety, spreading diseases, and making a mess. It's a good thing the parents's hormones kick in the way they do to forgive and love it all. Otherwise, the human race would die out in one generation.
The last question by Cypherus referring to the Britannia and black and green class 5 sounds suspiciously like a reference to Trix Twin locomotives of the late 50s. Trix Twin had been manufacturing train sets since the 1930s in Britain and Germany, but these 3 metal locos were manufactured to 1:80 scale (i.e. in between HO and OO scales) along with Warship (Vanguard) and EM1 locos.
Webbo
Children only maintain there status up until the point they can promote you to be manager of 'The Bank of Dad'. Thank god i just retired from that post.... :claphappy:
Quote from: Bealman on May 23, 2016, 06:25:38 AM
Don't knock the Duplo blocks.... one of our members recently used them as tunnel supports!
See, now I betcha can't wait for him to grow out of them :D
I have buckets full of them, by the way :-[
Yep, one of them :laughabovepost:
And happy ever since... :D
Question for Cypherus:
I assume those prices you quoted in your first post on this thread are prices for locos from a previous era? Anything to do with Trix Twin or am I barking up the wrong tree once again?
In Australia we had something called Builda-Brix when I was a kid. http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/bilda.html (http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/bilda.html) Something like Duplo I gather that can also be used as tunnel supports and placed in the mouth.
Webbo
Am I right? I seem to remember that Duplo is a larger form of Lego, from the same company. This makes me wonder - I already use Lego as a very accurate right angle former when I am assembling card buildings. It's easy to make up a pair of right angle formers, one inner and one outer, to hold pieces in the correct location while glue dries. A selection of blocks makes fitting the former to the structure quite simple. As an extra, the glue used doesn't stick too well to the Lego plastic so there is not a big problem removing the former in the event of a slight over use. I use rubber bands and spring clamps to hold it all together while the glue dries.
https://education.lego.com/en-au/about-us/lego-education-worldwide/making-lego-bricks (https://education.lego.com/en-au/about-us/lego-education-worldwide/making-lego-bricks)
"The moulds used in production are accurate to within five my (=0.005mm) and this accuracy means than only 18 elements in every million products fail to meet the high quality standard." - That'll do for me!
Oooooh... now do I still have my Lego?
Quote from: railsquid on May 25, 2016, 05:40:39 PM
Oooooh... now do I still have my Lego?
I bought a bag of 2x2's and a bag of 2x4's on ebay. My kids are well past the stage where I could have gone and 'borrowed' some from them. I don't remember them being around when I was a sprog.....
Your kids or the Lego? ;)
If I do have my old stuff, some of it will have bite marks due to the tightly fitting precision nature of the blocks.
:laughabovepost: :laughabovepost:
Quote from: Webbo on May 24, 2016, 07:37:13 AM
Question for Cypherus:
I assume those prices you quoted in your first post on this thread are prices for locos from a previous era? Anything to do with Trix Twin or am I barking up the wrong tree once again?
In Australia we had something called Builda-Brix when I was a kid. http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/bilda.html (http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/bilda.html) Something like Duplo I gather that can also be used as tunnel supports and placed in the mouth.
Webbo
They certainly were from a previous era, Wife says it was back in 'My' day, a day when a 'Half Crown', was worth something in the shops. :)
Wouldn't half a crown just fall off your head? Seems a bit pointless to me. :hmmm:
Quote from: railsquid on June 07, 2016, 05:35:10 AM
Wouldn't half a crown just fall off your head? Seems a bit pointless to me. :hmmm:
Think that's odd? Try putting a pony in your pocket (Londoners and fans of "only fools and horses" will understand).
Quote from: Tom U on June 07, 2016, 06:52:41 AM
Quote from: railsquid on June 07, 2016, 05:35:10 AM
Wouldn't half a crown just fall off your head? Seems a bit pointless to me. :hmmm:
Think that's odd? Try putting a pony in your pocket (Londoners and fans of "only fools and horses" will understand).
I'd need a donkey jacket for that.
Quote from: Tom U on June 07, 2016, 06:52:41 AM
Quote from: railsquid on June 07, 2016, 05:35:10 AM
Wouldn't half a crown just fall off your head? Seems a bit pointless to me. :hmmm:
Think that's odd? Try putting a pony in your pocket (Londoners and fans of "only fools and horses" will understand).
You'd have to remove the monkey first :laugh:
Cor blimey, strike a light me old china , apples and
pears, told the old duch I'm going to the rubadubdub
for a few Mick Jaggers, we're the Sweeney and we haven't
had our dinner...... :D
Quote from: Agrippa on June 07, 2016, 12:16:36 PM
Cor blimey, strike a light me old china , apples and
pears, told the old duch I'm going to the rubadubdub
for a few Mick Jaggers, we're the Sweeney and we haven't
had our dinner...... :D
Grief - you sound like Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins :D ;D
Strewth guvnor I'll give you a belt in yer north and south!
Quote from: Webbo on May 24, 2016, 07:37:13 AM
Question for Cypherus:
I assume those prices you quoted in your first post on this thread are prices for locos from a previous era? Anything to do with Trix Twin or am I barking up the wrong tree once again?
In Australia we had something called Builda-Brix when I was a kid. http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/bilda.html (http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/bilda.html) Something like Duplo I gather that can also be used as tunnel supports and placed in the mouth.
Webbo
The prices are correct and read directly from the page, A time when cash had value and meant something I guess.
But here is a question open for all, Been wracking my beaten up old brain cell for the name for weeks now, Years ago, to many to recall, I remember my Grandmother had a building set th elike of which I have never seen since though in this era of the 'Nanny' state I doubt such a thing would ever be sold.
It consited of a series of various sized 'Green' base boards with equally spaced holes for thin metal pins onto which once your layout was completed you slid plastic brick sections or windows and doors the topped it off with either flat or apex roof sections, the end results looked very realistic, The set she had was very extensive and contained in a purpose built wooden box with drawers for the various pieces, not sure it that was a stock item or something my Granfather knocked up being a pattern maker his carpentery was something to behold, but the name escapes me though the word 'Baco' keeps popping up, any takers??
Cypher us
Is this what you were thinking of when you said Baco?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/bayko-building (http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/bayko-building)
Ray
Quote from: REGP on July 08, 2016, 06:24:57 PM
Cypher us
Is this what you were thinking of when you said Baco?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/bayko-building (http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/bayko-building)
Ray
:claphappy: That be the stuff for sure, spent many happy hours as a kid building stuff with it....sadly knowing I had to pull it all apart and pack it away before going home, Wonder how many works of architectural art were destroyed in the process.. :o
Likewise!
I had a set for a long, long time and my then baby sister - 10 years my junior - enjoyed it for a number of years after I grew out of it (and took up Corgi and Dinky Toys!)
Dave G
Ah I remember it well I had a set when I was a sprog, I loved it.
Quote from: Cypherus on July 08, 2016, 06:05:24 PMThe prices are correct and read directly from the page, A time when cash had value and meant something I guess.
Eh? I know the pound has weakened a fair bit in the last 2 weeks, but I'm comparatively sure money still has value, or do I need to go and stock up on bread and await the apocalypse?! :uneasy:
At least with decimals it's easy to understand these days :)
Quote from: njee20 on July 09, 2016, 05:32:28 PM
Quote from: Cypherus on July 08, 2016, 06:05:24 PMThe prices are correct and read directly from the page, A time when cash had value and meant something I guess.
Eh? I know the pound has weakened a fair bit in the last 2 weeks, but I'm comparatively sure money still has value, or do I need to go and stock up on bread and await the apocalypse?! :uneasy:
At least with decimals it's easy to understand these days :)
Back in the olden days you could ride to the end of the tramline for a tuppence ha'penny groat. And the policemen were younger. ;)
On the theme of building blocks; does anyone else remember a type which consisted of hard ( I think ceramic) blocks a bit like small red fishermans friends and a water based glue. One made a building by gluing the bricks together, the when you got fed up with it dropped it in a bowl of water, the glue dissolved and you could start all over again.
It started with P? I do remember that stuff. Advertised in Meccano Magazine.
Quote from: railsquid on June 07, 2016, 05:35:10 AM
Wouldn't half a crown just fall off your head? Seems a bit pointless to me. :hmmm:
When I started buying the Railway Modeller in July 1967, it cost half a crown (12.5p in modern parlance). That was half a week's pocket money. The Railway of the month was Portleven a GWR terminus fiddle yard from Dave Howsam - it then went on to win the 1967 RM Cup.
Quote from: steve836 on August 16, 2016, 09:46:41 AM
On the theme of building blocks; does anyone else remember a type which consisted of hard ( I think ceramic) blocks a bit like small red fishermans friends and a water based glue. One made a building by gluing the bricks together, the when you got fed up with it dropped it in a bowl of water, the glue dissolved and you could start all over again.
I do indeed I remember the set I had a long time ago there were plans for a variety of houses I think and plastic doors and windows which you built into the bricks which had a flour based glue?
Quote from: rhysapthomas on August 16, 2016, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: steve836 on August 16, 2016, 09:46:41 AM
On the theme of building blocks; does anyone else remember a type which consisted of hard ( I think ceramic) blocks a bit like small red fishermans friends and a water based glue. One made a building by gluing the bricks together, the when you got fed up with it dropped it in a bowl of water, the glue dissolved and you could start all over again.
I do indeed I remember the set I had a long time ago there were plans for a variety of houses I think and plastic doors and windows which you built into the bricks which had a flour based glue?
Yes, that's the boy!